By Mark Magaña and Dominique Browning LatinaLista It is a myth that Latinos don’t have the time nor interest to care about climate change. The truth is quite the opposite: Latinos have long been leading the fight against dangerous…

By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force As parents, one of our key and foremost concerns is keeping our children safe. Under the Trump administration’s philosophy of shrinking government, a slew of protections to children’s health are being…

By Diane MacEachern Moms Clean Air Force One of the fastest, easiest and most significant ways to help stop climate change is by changing driving habits. You don’t need to give up driving, and you don’t need to buy…

By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force Back in 2012, I wrote about the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) and the impacts of pollution that traveled via wind from one state to another. It was a look at…

By Dominique Browning Moms Clean Air Force No one was more surprised than I when EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt asked Moms Clean Air Force in for a meeting. After all, we have been relentless in our critique of the…

By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force The Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) has been released. Over 1500 journals and reports were examined to “assesses the physical science of climate change.” It has presented findings stating – unequivocally…

By Katy Farber Moms Clean Air Force What your child learns about climate change at school depends on where you live. PreK-12 science standards are, in large measure, decided at the state level. That means what your child learns…

LatinaLista — Long before Hurricanes Maria, Irma and Harvey, Latinos knew that man had a hand in climate-induced disasters. A 2015 poll by EarthJustice and GreenLatinos found that 66 percent of Latinos believed global warming and climate change were…

Moms Clean Air Force The oceans are warming. Surface temperature of the oceans has warmed about 1 to 3 degrees F over the last century. Warmer oceans feed more energy into hurricanes, so they grow stronger. Wind speeds are…

By Adrianna Quintero ncluido Without a doubt, Hurricane Harvey is a historic catastrophe. After making landfall Friday and becoming a tropical storm, it has continued to wreak havoc: death, loss, missing persons, and an immediate and lingering fear among…

By Paige Wolf Moms Clean Air Force Our train into DC from Philadelphia was 90 minutes late for the annual Play-In for Climate Action. As we waited for the light to change at a crosswalk we noticed two men in suits…

By Betsy López-Wagner ncluido Earlier this month, more than 60 groups joined forces to launch “I Am Still In,” reminding the world that President Donald Trump does not represent the American people on climate. The League of Conservation…

By Martina Guglielmone Council on Hemispheric Affairs President Trump’s recent announcement of his decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord has brought attention to the fact that only two other nations – out of 197 in the…

The Conversation Editor’s note: President Donald Trump stunned the world on June 1 by announcing his intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord, a landmark global agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions and minimize the…

LatinaLista: Today, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Accord. The following is a transcript of his remarks as delivered in the Rose Garden. Following the president’s remarks is the official statement from former President Barack…

By Ronnie Citron-Fink Moms Clean Air Force The Trump administration has vowed to put the health of families in danger by implementing policies that undermine our right to clean air. According to the New York Times, “Mr. Trump has…

By Katy Farber Moms Clean Air Force It can be a confusing time to be a kid. People on the TV, internet, and radio say conflicting things — about climate change — with seriousness and determination. How hard to…

By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force Extreme heat waves are happening with alarming regularity. (Tweet this) Summer used to be the time for kids to be outside non-stop. Now, both children and adults need more information…

By Lisa Sharp Moms Clean Air Force “We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren, and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can’t speak for themselves such as the birds,…

By Elina L Nino The Conversation Honey bees are arguably our most important commercially available pollinator. They are responsible for pollinating numerous food plants that make our diets more exciting and nutritious, including many fruits, vegetables and nuts. Beekeepers…

By Lizette Escobedo Moms Clean Air Force While the Latino community certainly focuses on policy issues such as comprehensive immigration reform and unemployment, we also care deeply about the environmental issues, especially how pollution and toxic waste makes its…